In 1969, a group of hippies founded Taylor Camp on the North Shore of Kauai, where they partied and lived communally until officials burned it down in 1977.

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09.07.2025

Blocks From The Lighthouse Of Alexandria Pulled Out Of The Sea

Archaeologists have recovered 22 massive stone blocks, once part of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, from the Mediterranean seafloor near Egypt.

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09.07.2025

Scientists Figure Out Exactly How Strong A T. Rex Bite Was

A T. rex could bite with 8,000 pounds of force, a new study reveals — but it's surprisingly not the strongest bite in history.

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08.07.2025

4000-Year-Old Preserved Brain Uncovered In Western Turkey

Scientists in Turkey discovered human brain tissues that has been preserved since the Bronze Age.

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08.07.2025

Wreck Of Portuguese Treasure Ship Identified Near Madagascar

The wreck of the Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese treasure ship seized by pirates in 1721, has been identified near Madagascar.

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08.07.2025

Fisherman Finds Medieval Sword In Poland's Vistula River

Andrzej Korpikiewicz discovered this well-preserved sword while walking along the Vistula River in Warsaw's Tarchomin neighborhood.

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08.07.2025

Arachne, The Spider Woman Of Ancient Greek Myth

In ancient Greek myth, Arachne is a weaver who bests the goddess Athena in a contest, and is subsequently transformed into a spider and forced to weave for eternity.

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08.07.2025

'Veni, Vidi, Vici': The History Of Julius Caesar's Famous Boast

"Veni, vidi, vici," which translates to "I came, I saw, I conquered," is a phrase attributed to Julius Caesar following the 47 B.C.E. Battle of Zela.

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07.07.2025

Fragment Of Flint Arrowheads Found In Bones Of Ancient Mammoths

Researchers are optimistic that the find is proof that Paleolithic humans actively hunted mammoths using a variety of tools.

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07.07.2025

Belle Da Costa Greene, The Black Librarian Who Managed J.P. Morgan's Books

The personal librarian of J.P. Morgan, Belle da Costa Greene was a rare books expert and library director who passed for white for most of her life.

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06.07.2025

Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts May Be The Oldest Human Anatomical Atlas

The discovery of the Mawangdui medical manuscripts in the tomb of Lady Dai show that acupuncture has more basis in observation of human anatomy than previously believed.

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05.07.2025

John Adams' Death And The Eerie Coincidences That Surrounded It

President John Adams died at age 90 in Quincy, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1826, the same exact day as fellow Founding Father Thomas Jefferson.

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05.07.2025

Portrait Of Harriet Tubman Discovered In An Abolitionist's Album

The photograph shows a young Harriet Tubman in an image of the American abolitionist that has never seen before.

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04.07.2025

12-Year-Old Finds 69 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil While Hiking

According to researchers, the fossil is a rare find given the scarcity of prehistoric specimen discoveries in the area.

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03.07.2025

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist: Inside The Wild True Story

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist took place between 2011 and 2012, when thieves siphoned 3,300 tons of maple syrup worth $18 million from Quebec's strategic reserves.

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02.07.2025

Hundreds Of Ceramics Found In 2,000-Year-Old Turkish Shipwreck

The "Seramik Batigi" shipwreck found off the coast of Adrasan, Turkey has yielded hundreds of plates and bowls that remain stunningly intact.

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02.07.2025

3,000-Year-Old Phrygian Tomb Illegally Converted Into Café

A UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List site in Turkey was illegally turned into a café, drawing outrage from archaeologists and the general public.

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01.07.2025

Project Iceworm: America's Planned Nuclear City Beneath Greenland

Launched at the U.S. base Camp Century in 1959, Project Iceworm sought to build an underground network of tunnels and launch sites for nuclear missiles beneath an ice sheet in Greenland.

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01.07.2025

Vintage Photos Of Gangland Chicago From The 1920s and '30s

From Al Capone to John Dillinger, these historic photos will take you back to the early 20th-century gangland days of the Windy City.

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01.07.2025

'King Tut's Curse' May Be The Key To A New Cancer Treatment

Scientists are using the fungus Aspergillus flavus, believed to be responsible for the "curse of King Tut's tomb," to fight cancer.

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Baldwin IV: Jerusalem's Leper King During The Crusades

Known as the Leper King, Baldwin IV ruled Jerusalem from 1174 to his death in 1185, despite battling an increasingly debilitating case of leprosy.

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01.07.2025

Scientists Just Reconstructed The Face Of A Stone Age Woman

A facial reconstruction of a Stone Age woman found in a cave in Belgium shows that she had lighter skin than other hunter-gatherers in Western Europe.

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30.06.2025

A Rare Skull Of An Ancient Snake With Legs Discovered In Argentina

It is the first full 3D skull of Najash rionegrina, a snake species that sported hind legs during prehistoric times.

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29.06.2025

33 Photos Of Wild West Mining Towns, From Bodie To Tombstone

These Wild West mining towns were once bustling outposts with plenty of bars, brothels, and hotels — until their mines dried up.

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28.06.2025

Why So Many Statues Of Pharaoh Hatshepsut Were Broken

Statues of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut were broken during antiquity to deactivate their supernatural powers, new study says.

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28.06.2025

The World's Oldest Boomerang Is Even Older Than Once Thought

The boomerang found in Poland's Obłazowa Cave in the 1980s was originally estimated to be 18,000 years old, but a new study found that it's far older.

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28.06.2025

Oldest Scandinavian DNA Found In Ancient Chewing Gum

The excavation took place decades ago in the early 1990s, but technology simply hadn't caught up enough to analyze the DNA — until now.

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27.06.2025

Ancient Roman Soldier's Wrist Purse Unearthed In Czech Republic

At the site of a Roman encampment from the Marcomannic Wars, archaeologists in South Moravia found a soldier's bronze wrist purse.

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27.06.2025

Canopic Jars, The Funerary Vessels Of Ancient Egypt

In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold embalmed human organs removed from the body during mummification.

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27.06.2025

Inside Luther Vandross' Death And The Private Struggles That Caused It

On July 1, 2005, R&B icon Luther Vandross died from a heart attack at age 54 in Edison, New Jersey, two years after suffering a stroke.

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27.06.2025

Researchers Take A 140-Mile Journey In A Primitive Canoe

To determine how prehistoric humans traveled from Taiwan to Japan 30,000 years ago, scientists recreated the voyage themselves.

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26.06.2025

Medieval Ring With Sri Lankan Sapphire Found In Slovakia

A 700-year-old gold ring found by a treasure hunter at Pustý hrad castle in Zvolen, Slovakia features a sapphire from Sri Lanka.

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26.06.2025

WW2 Fighter Plane Found On English Beach After 7 Decades

A casual stroll on the beach turned into the historic discovery of a Royal Air Force fighter plane wreck from April 1944.

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26.06.2025

See What The Roaring Twenties Were Like In New York

From jazz clubs to the rise of famous skyscrapers like the Chrysler Building, see what New York really looked like during the 1920s.

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26.06.2025

Roman-Era Library Unearthed In Turkey's 'City Of Gladiators'

The library in Stratonikeia was built during the Hellenistic period, was redesigned during the Roman era, and remained in use until the 7th century C.E.

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26.06.2025

Liviu Librescu, The Holocaust Survivor Who Became A Hero At Virginia Tech

After surviving the Nazis, Liviu Librescu became a renowned engineering professor and gave his life to save students during the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting.

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26.06.2025

Ball's Pyramid, The Tallest Volcanic Sea Stack In The World

The remains of a prehistoric volcano, Ball's Pyramid looms 1,877 feet above the surface of the Pacific just south of Lord Howe Island between New Zealand and Australia.

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25.06.2025

Mammoth Remains Unearthed During Road Construction In Poland

During the construction of a new highway near Łabunie, Poland, archaeologists discovered the tusk and pelvis bone of a mammoth.

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25.06.2025

1,000-Year-Old Pre-Inca Mummy Found In Lima, Peru

Utility workers in Lima stumbled upon this millennia-old mummy, believed to be from the Chancay culture, while digging trenches for a gas pipeline.

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25.06.2025

Jayne Marie Mansfield, The Oldest Child Of Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Marie Mansfield had a complicated relationship with her mother Jayne Mansfield, who died in a car crash in 1967 when Jayne Marie was 16.

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Taylor Camp, The Hippie Haven Of 1970s Hawaii

Blocks From The Lighthouse Of Alexandria Pulled Out Of The Sea

Scientists Figure Out Exactly How Strong A T. Rex Bite Was

4000-Year-Old Preserved Brain Uncovered In Western Turkey

Wreck Of Portuguese Treasure Ship Identified Near Madagascar

Fisherman Finds Medieval Sword In Poland's Vistula River

Arachne, The Spider Woman Of Ancient Greek Myth

'Veni, Vidi, Vici': The History Of Julius Caesar's Famous Boast

Fragment Of Flint Arrowheads Found In Bones Of Ancient Mammoths

Belle Da Costa Greene, The Black Librarian Who Managed J.P. Morgan's Books

Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts May Be The Oldest Human Anatomical Atlas

John Adams' Death And The Eerie Coincidences That Surrounded It

Portrait Of Harriet Tubman Discovered In An Abolitionist's Album

12-Year-Old Finds 69 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil While Hiking

The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist: Inside The Wild True Story

Hundreds Of Ceramics Found In 2,000-Year-Old Turkish Shipwreck

3,000-Year-Old Phrygian Tomb Illegally Converted Into Café

Project Iceworm: America's Planned Nuclear City Beneath Greenland

Vintage Photos Of Gangland Chicago From The 1920s and '30s

'King Tut's Curse' May Be The Key To A New Cancer Treatment

Baldwin IV: Jerusalem's Leper King During The Crusades

Scientists Just Reconstructed The Face Of A Stone Age Woman

A Rare Skull Of An Ancient Snake With Legs Discovered In Argentina

33 Photos Of Wild West Mining Towns, From Bodie To Tombstone

Why So Many Statues Of Pharaoh Hatshepsut Were Broken

The World's Oldest Boomerang Is Even Older Than Once Thought

Oldest Scandinavian DNA Found In Ancient Chewing Gum

Ancient Roman Soldier's Wrist Purse Unearthed In Czech Republic

Canopic Jars, The Funerary Vessels Of Ancient Egypt

Inside Luther Vandross' Death And The Private Struggles That Caused It

Researchers Take A 140-Mile Journey In A Primitive Canoe

Medieval Ring With Sri Lankan Sapphire Found In Slovakia

WW2 Fighter Plane Found On English Beach After 7 Decades

See What The Roaring Twenties Were Like In New York

Roman-Era Library Unearthed In Turkey's 'City Of Gladiators'

Liviu Librescu, The Holocaust Survivor Who Became A Hero At Virginia Tech

Ball's Pyramid, The Tallest Volcanic Sea Stack In The World

Mammoth Remains Unearthed During Road Construction In Poland

1,000-Year-Old Pre-Inca Mummy Found In Lima, Peru

Jayne Marie Mansfield, The Oldest Child Of Jayne Mansfield

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